Discusses philosophies, problems, uses, and misuses of vocational agricultural contests with focus on improvement of classroom performance. (JH)

Discusses ways to use the outdoor environment (both natural and manmade) to teach children about shape and size, sets, geometry, counting, and measurement. (JMB)

Discussed is the development of an educational card game which provided increased spelling, writing, arithmetic and psychomotor opportunities for a 12-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. (CL)

Meant to be attention-getters, the activities work on two principles: that children need an immediate and personal purpose in order to pay attention; and that listening should be an involving activity, that is, a child needs to listen in order to do something with what is heard. (Author/NQ)

Provides examples of: (1) forms to be filled out on French daily life; (2) personal announcements in the newspaper; and (3) problems in municipal government, for use in an advanced French class. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Offers ideas for classroom activities centered around a tropical deep sea theme. (SB)

Describes a preschool class for handicapped children in which speech development is fostered through use of manual signing in combination with spoken language. (SB)

Moral development can be fostered through the use of "moral dilemmas," activities in which the child is asked to suggest courses of action to help fictional characters with their moral problems. (MB)

A list of activities for creative dramatics work in the classroom. (MM)

Suggests thirteen functional study skills activities. (DD)

Are you one of those people who feel that the only good insect is a dead one? Do you suffer from entomophobia--dread fear of insects? Such attitudes, fears, and prejudices stem from insect ignorance. Authors explain what insects are good for and give students a more realistic and fascinating view of their world. (Editor/RK)

Provides some ideas that change the pace and get students ready for learning. (Editor/RK)

In a new book published this week, this American writer attacks the view that learning and doing are two different acts. (Editor/RK)

Classroom activities to help children learn about and celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the United States Constitution are described, including making up a class constitution, teaching about becoming a United States citizen, and researching details of a specific state's ratification of the Constitution. (CB)